At the cottage, you can get away with having less than stellar decor. The furniture at your weekend getaway spot is supposed to be ratty, old and second-hand. You really aren't there very often, after all. When you are, you're typically not sitting inside anyway, and it's not like the rest of the people on your lake have their own places decked out with luxurious sectionals fresh of The Brick's showroom floor.
It would be weird then, if you decided to take -- for example -- a brand new recliner that matches your home living room set and transport it up north, only to replace it with that torn up, scarcely used chair at the cottage that you're pretty sure your company had sex on once.